Signpost to Freedom: The 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott; Reverend T.J. Jemison Interview [Part 2 of 3]

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Program
Signpost to Freedom: The 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott
Raw Footage
Reverend T.J. Jemison Interview [Part 2 of 3]
Producing Organization
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Contributing Organization
Louisiana Public Broadcasting (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/17-0966tr87
Public Broadcasting Service Series NOLA
SIFR 000000
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Description
Description
Tape 2 of interview with Rev. T.J. Jemison for the documentary "Signpost to Freedom: The 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott." His father was president of the prestigious African-American- led National Baptist Convention, when Jemison, Jr. arrived in Baton Rouge in 1953 to lead the prominent African American congregation at Mt. Zion First Baptist Church. Jemison took a number of steps to try to convince city leaders to grant limited concessions to African American citizens of Louisiana's capital city, including an ordinance that granted African American bus riders the right to sit in empty seats designated for white riders. He eventually was elected to serve as leader of the 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott and advised Dr. Martin Luther King during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. In this portion of the interview, he discusses the logistics of the boycott organization and his conversations with Dr. King.
Genres
Interview
Topics
History
Subjects
CivilRights: Boycotts; Civil Rights: Local Events; Civil Rights: African American Civil Rights; Civil Rights: White Resistance; African Americans; Civil Rights; Segregation; Desegregation; Louisiana; Transportation; Demonstrations
Rights
Louisiana Educational Television Authority/Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Restricted Use. For permission or licensing information contact: comments@lpb.org
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:00:00
Credits
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Interviewee: Jemison, T.J.
Photographer: Crews, Keith
Producer: Melton, Christina
Producing Organization: Louisiana Public Broadcasting
AAPB Contributor Holdings
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: LSIFR-BRBB9.1 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: Betacam: SP
Generation: Original
Duration: 00:30:00
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: LSIFR-BRBB9.1.mp4 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: video/mp4
Generation: Copy: Access
Duration: 00:00:00
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: LSIFR-BRBB9.1.mxf (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: application/mxf
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:00:00
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Citations
Chicago: “Signpost to Freedom: The 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott; Reverend T.J. Jemison Interview [Part 2 of 3],” Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 3, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-0966tr87.
MLA: “Signpost to Freedom: The 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott; Reverend T.J. Jemison Interview [Part 2 of 3].” Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 3, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-0966tr87>.
APA: Signpost to Freedom: The 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott; Reverend T.J. Jemison Interview [Part 2 of 3]. Boston, MA: Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-0966tr87